digitigrade

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English

Etymology

From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + gradus (“step; pace”); compare New Latin digitigradus.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: di‧gi‧ti‧grade

Adjective

digitigrade (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.
  2. (zoology) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
  3. (zoology, specifically) Belonging to the Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

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Translations

Noun

digitigrade (plural digitigrades)

  1. (zoology, chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

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Further reading

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

digitigrade (plural digitigrades)

  1. digitigrade

Noun

digitigrade m (plural digitigrades)

  1. digitigrade

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

digitigrade

  1. feminine plural of digitigrado

Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) digitigrade

  1. vocative masculine singular of digitigradus
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